Hronovce


Hronovce is a village and municipality in the Levice District in the Nitra Region of Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1256.

Population

It has a population of  people.

Ethnicity

The Magyar population living continuously in this village for more than 900 years, surviving the Osman occupation - was expelled to Hungary - mainly the Calvinists - on the basis of the brutal Kosice-Kassa Declaration of the Czechoslovak National-Socialist party's leader and president of CSR, E.Benes - between spring of 1945 - and the end of 1948. The remaining Magyar inhabitants were expelled for a transitional but genuine slavery to Sudetenland where from the German aborigines were thrown out. "And"... - just after their arrival, they were sold as slaves to Czech and Moravian farmers.
The majority of expelled Magyars were members of the Reformed community.

Facilities

The village has a public library, a gym and a football pitch.
The first Magyar public school of the Calvinist-Reformed church was established already at the end of the 16th century and functioned continuously up to 1945 in Garamvezekény, when it was abandoned by the brutal Kosice-Kassa Law, in village Garamvezekény.

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Nitra, Slovakia"